you said the department of defense was created when? daniel: 1947. the original title was department of national defense. >> perfect. my second quick question is what were the other countries you said the u.s. was technologically behind militarily? you said in 1939, 1940. you said germany, france, and -- daniel: britain. theain likes the claim atomic bomb and radar and stuff like that, but a lot of people were working on a lot of things at that point in time. so who gets credit? whoever had the loudest rest release, i get. >> my final question, i was curious how far we were behind those countries. if you could give examples. he spoke a little bit about the answer earlier -- you spoke a little bit about the answer earlier about germany. i was curious how far we were behind and any examples. daniel: i don't know how you would develop a metric for that, especially a statistically significant metric. but let's just say many of the ideas later developed until or devices -- into war devices originated elsewhere. we benefited greatly by the number of emigres

under the leadership of president trump, the department of defense and the department of health and human services together with so many in the private sector are in the midst of what is truly an unprecedented search for a safe and effective vaccine all in record time, with significant amount of vaccine that will be developed for the people of america. this process as the doctors with me tonight have testified that this is driven by science but rooted in safety. and let's be certain, a vaccine will only be approved if it is proven to be both safe and effective. operation warp speed is taking all of the precautionary steps that are required to develop any vaccine. but here's the difference. as part of operation warp speed, vaccine manufacturers can undertake several steps of vaccine development at the same time mitigateinging the financial risks without compromising the safety of the vaccine. we know that operation warp speed is unprecedented. the federal government has invested $10 billion to develop this coronavirus vaccine. while we as members recognize there are no guarantees in scienc

>> at the pentagon, the defense secretary joined the chief of staff chairman and other defense department officials to honor the 180 four people killed after crashed into the complex. they lead off a wreath-laying ceremony at the pentagon's 9/11 memorial. gentlemen, on statesof the united department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11 observance to honor and remember the 184 lives lost on american flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11, 2001. >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the hundred part of and remain standing for the national anthem and chaplain brigadier green. o, say, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave freethe land of the brave ♪home of the >> please bow with me on this important day in our na

it's my privilege to focus my remarks today on the department of defense's strategy in afghanistan, the crit calt of our partners -- cr timbings icality of our partners -- criticality of our partners in upholding these agreements. pursuant to the 2017 south asia strategy, the department of defense's key objective in south asia is to ensure that afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for terrorists who may threaten the united states or our alyles. the strategy prioritizes ending the war through a political process, acknowledging that there is no military solution to the conflict. to achieve this objective, the department conducts two complimentary missions. one, the nato-led resolute support mission which is focused on training, advising and assisting the afghan national defense and security forces or andsf, and the second is the u.s. counterterrorism mission that works with our afghan partners to mitigate terrorist threats. we county afle -- actively combat isis, al qaeda and other terrorist groups in afghanistan. although these terrorists are severely degraded, continued pressure

and that five-year gap, we saw the creation of a number of defense department of organizations for science and scientific research and the final nsf bill contained no mandate for military research for national science foundation. what are its legacy renovations? a number of organizations can trace their origins to osrd. the army research development and engineering -- a valuation command, air force office of scientific research, defense threat reduction agency, darpa and the national nuclear security administration, the custodian of the atomic stockpile. a number of research centers exist that can trace their regions back conceptually. have researchtill and defense dedicated research centers. here's a list of what the current inventory is. there is also an organization, federally funded research and development corporations. the department of energy's the direct are descendent, some are survivors of the manhattan project. so, getting back to the research questions, why was there an os already? -- why was there an osrd? there were only 20 years between the end of world war i and world war i

. >> ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the united states department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11th observance to honor and remember the 184 lives lost on american airlines flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11th, 2001. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the arrival of the official party and remain standing for the national anthem performed by staff sergeant adam strube and the invocation delivered by deputy chief of chaplins chaplin brigadier general william green. ♪ o say, can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ ♪ what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight ♪ ♪ o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? ♪ ♪ and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ♪ ♪ oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home of the brave? ♪ >> please bow with me on this important day in our nation's history. almighty god, we gather in the s

workers. , onadies and gentlemen behalf of the united states department of defense, we welcome you to the annual september 11 observance to remember the 184 lives lost on flight 77 and at the pentagon at 9:37 a.m. on september 11, 2001. >> ladies and gentlemen, please party.or the the invocation delivered by deputy chief of chaplains, chaplain brigadier general william green. oh say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave land of the free and the home of the brave ♪ >> please bow with me on this important day in our nations history. almighty god, we gather in the sacred place to remember and y unlike any da other. help us with this endeavor of remembering as we honor the men and women who died on september 11, 2001. may your spirit provide strength and com

impart this to you because i think you raise a central concern that i have heard about the department of defense. urging doese are not put dni in charge of secrets aret dod declassified. it is about modernizing systems for de-classifying information that the department of defense and other agencies have already longerned are no declassified. thank you again for your courtesy and the opportunity to be here. >> thank you. welcome. we open it up for you for any opening statement you might have. you, members of the committee. it is an honor to appear before you on this panel for perspective on classification reform. i am grateful to discuss it, one of the most often overlooked and misunderstood areas of the program. i hope to give you a better understanding of the landscape and perspective on proposed .overnmentwide reform the committee is likely aware that u.s. government declassification review processes require significant the resource for the classification is a daunting requests,ocessing which some estimates exceed 4 million alone. the federal agencies need and support classification reform. mu

i would say that the department of defense has an enormous amount of data now relative to that versus where we were three weeks ago. i would say we are just turning our real focus on sustainment now and just beginning to build that robust data set so we have a number of teams working on the alice to oden transition, as well -- >> you are confident and optimistic that the cost overruns and things will get better. >> i am confident that we are making progress and we still have a way to go with sustainment. i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california mr. roda for five minutes, mr. chair, thank you it to all of our participants and we appreciate your commitment to the stability of our country, and one of my main earn krs with the f-35 program that if left unaddressed issue problems with defective f-35 spare parts will only get worse as the fleet grows. if my numbers are correct as of february 2020, the global f-35 fleet was about 500 aircraft and the fleet is expected to double by 2023. the u.s. alone plans to purchase about 2500 f-35s from lockheed martin over

the department of defense has a program called a war stopper to ensure adequate supply of critical items, especially during increased military operations. can you explain how the program helps d.o.d. acquire medical supplies during an emergency. does va have the authority to use d.o.d.'s war stopper program or something similar to build a more resilient and responsive supply chain? what can congress do to get va a program like this? >> absolutely. we haven't done any work on va in relation to the war stopper program. i'll say that out of the gates. g.a.o. has done work on d.o.d.'s use of its war stopper program and has reported that for minimal investment d.o.d. has reported saving billions of dollars in the long run. their investments in maintaining critical aspects of the industrial base during regular times ongoing times allow them to be able to surge capacity whenever emergencies hit. and so we have reported that d.o.d. has seen a lot of effectiveness with this war stopper program. that being said, i am -- i would turn to v.a. to ask them what types of authorities they think they nee

congress also provided $1 billion for department of defense for similar purposes and the president delegated authorities under the defense production act to hhs to increase production of personal protective equipment, department of defense has only used $300 million for ppe and said they would use the rest to support the defense industrial base. dr. kadlec, how much funding have you spent on increasing domestic manufacturing capacity using all of the dpa authorities available to you so that we could prepare for the remainder of this pandemic or future pandemics? >> yes, ma'am. so far we've awarded $638 million for that purpose. which runs the gamut from addressing shortages of diagnostics and ancillary supplies, n-95 respirators and filter media for masks and ventilators and gloves and surgical masks and ventilator supply chain. there are other things to be considered at this point in time to use the rest of the fund but we're trying to be strategic. >> what is melt blown? >> that is the fiber material used in the disposable surgical masks, n-95 and the -- >> and have you used the dpa to eit

it's an unduplicated source of news and information for troops and families and even civilian defense departmentody's does what it does. >> right. that's absolutely right. this is yet another example of the failure of congress to meet this moment. we are in the midst of a pandemic, there are so many people suffering and there are all these unanswered issues, unanswered questions about the budget that just are hanging out there in the meantime. ernie, thank you very much. we will keep an eye on this. >>> thank you all for joining me for this week's reliable sources broadcast. join us online, bod cast at reliable sources.com and our nightly newsletter. i will see you back here this time next week. it's an important time to save. with priceline, you can get up to 60% off amazing hotels. and when you get a big deal, you feel like a big deal. ( ♪ ) priceline. every trip is a big deal. i've been involved in. communications in the media ( ♪ ) for 45 years. i've been taking prevagen on a regular basis for at least eight years. for me, the greatest benefit over the years has been that prevagen seems to h

department of defense report says china is planning to double its stockpile of more than 200 nuclear weapons in the next decade is as beijing wants to maintain the weapons on a higher state of alert we knew that they could be deployed a short notice. and cyprus will soon be allowed to buy non-lethal equipment tough to the u.s. live today 33 year old arms embargo turkey has expressed anger as dogs with grease over oil drilling in the mediterranean. comrie doric the committee rouge executioner who killed thousands of cambodians in the 1970 s. has died at the age of 77 real name was kangaroo you had been serving a life sentence since 2010 for atrocities committed as head of the tules slaying prison now the tribunals that convicted him has not given the cause of his death but had been ill for several years let's go to wayne hey who's in neighboring thailand with more on this how significant really was he a figure in sort of the brutal regime of the khamenei rouge in the seventy's. well i think undoubtedly as head of that prison in phnom penh told chilling with so many people were torture

the department of defense report says china is planning to double its stockpile of more than 200 nuclear weapons in the next decade it says beijing wants to maintain the weapons on a higher state of alert meaning that they could be deployed a short notice and comrade boy the camero executioner who kill files of cambodians in the 1970 s. has died at the age of $77.00 though it could be serving a life sentence since 2010 for atrocities committed as head of the chill celing prison tribe you know all that convicted him is not giving the cause for his death but boy had been ill for several years. cyprus will soon be allowed to buy non-lethal equipment test to the u.s. lifted a 33 year old alms in bulk and turkey has expressed anger it said old to its screensaver oil drilling in the mediterranean to nato allies also engaged in a longstanding conflict over cyprus to turkey established a breakaway state in the island's north but it's cool in the film assistant secretary of defense and a senior fellow at the center for american progress he says this announcement is just the latest hit to the e.u.

congress is really the only ones that can hold the department of defense accountntable. and time and time again, they have relied on the military to investigate themselves. amy: i remember the news conference oh will in washington come of the family driving from texas to wasashington, d.c., and the news conference was delayed in the hot sun because the family was just getting word that the military said they had found the remains of vanessa guillen. now, they have been calling for this investigation for months. clearly, the pressure being brought as the family actually made it to d.c. and were demanding a bill b be passed in vanessa guillen's name, calling for ann independent way for people to come forward. ca you explain the significance of this bill, pam? >> sure. it is imperative. decades of commanders -- the choice has been clear in the military -- protect the careers of long time generals and high-ranking officers or protect everyday soldiers. time and time again, they've chosen to protect commanders. and commanders have not actually expunged sexual violence from the

defense the department of defense reports says that china is planning to double its stockpile of more than 200 nuclear weapons in the next decade it says beijing wants to maintain the weapons on a higher state of alert meaning they could be deployed at short notice. but cyprus will soon be allowed to buy don't need to be quick but from the u.s. as it's lifted a 33 year old arms embargo turkey has expressed anger its all its with greece a voile drilling in the mediterranean. the committee rouge execution who killed thousands of combo deals in the 1970 s. has died he was 77 whose real name was congo you know was a life sentence for atrocities committed as the head of the prison scott hyde looks back at his life the man known as commodore who ran cambodia's most notorious prison when the camaro rouge ruled the country has died. finds you guilty for you was the 1st commander of the genocidal regime to be convicted of crimes against humanity back in 2010 his appeal was rejected in 2012 by un backed tribunals can somebody get employed i am responsible for crimes committed at s $21.00 especi

the most high-risk people, for example, whether that's health care workers or through the department of defense or whatever it may be, that during that time we keep going with these rigorous phase three trials because we do know from many, many years of vaccine research that it takes a phase three trial with something around the order of 30,000 participants before we can really truly say that the vaccine is efficacious and also to pick up on that signal of these rare side effects and complications. we do believe that the vaccine that's in the pipeline is going to be safe, so i don't want people to be afraid when that vaccine does finally come out and we certainly appreciate people like dr. fauci who are maintaining a voice of reason and integrity in this process so that the american people can be sure that when the vaccine is released and available to all of us that it's something that we all feel comfortable and safe taking. >> it is reassuring to see dr. fauci on our air waves again. dr. annalee baker, reassuring to hear from you as well. thanks so much. have a great weekend. >> thank you. yo

part of this to you because i think you raised the central concern that i heard about the department of defense. the reform senator moran and i are urging, does not but the dni owed charge of deciding what dod secrets are declassified. it is about modernizing systems for de- classifying information that the department of defense and other agencies have already determined are no longer classified. so i'm sure we'll going to have a good discussion again. thank you for your courtesy and the opportunity to be here. thank you. welcome. we opened it up to you for any opening statement you might have . >> it is not are to appear before you on this panel to present the intelligence community. i'm grateful for the opportunity to discuss the declassification. one of thene most important oversubscribed misunderstood areas of information security programs. today hope tom. give you better understanding of the current classification unsafe . tonight perspective, reform and discuss the level of efforts that are required. and declassification are not requires significant change in massive increase in digital i

i would like to publicly thank the suicide prevention team to the department of defense for partneringwith us as we peel back another layer to this is like an onion. we are currently working and welcome incorporating any committee members and states of the future. we seek to provide community insight to help them get upstream for veterans of the site and increase the quality of life for veterans and their family. getting upstream is not just mental health but it includes mental health. introducing access to reliable transportation and maximizing education opportunities. it's working in sustainable employment and its increasing volunteer opportunities and having access to 22nd century physical and mental health care. getting upstream is achieved when the veterans what the future with hope. but again, on this issue time is not our friend. the nation's veterans and families provided us their opinion through a program. when we have over 600,000 veterans and families as they learned of 93 percent do not believe the country is doing enough for the mental health of our veterans. 77% believe d

department of state. we will hear from david helby from the department of defense. in accordance with committee rules would you both please rise and raise your right hand? do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? let the record reflect the witnesses both answered in the affirmative. please proceed. without objection your written statements will be made part of the record. zalmay khalilzad, you are recognized for your testimony. >> i would like to join you in condolences, may it rest in peace. good morning mister chairman, ranking member grothman and distinguished members of the committee. i regret the circumstances that do not allow me to appear before the committee sooner during the last several months. i regard making myself available to congress as one of my most significant and important responsibilities. i welcome this opportunity today and i am honored to brief you. i was appointed special representative for afghanistan in september of 2018 with a mandate to find a diplo

the us department of defense report says china is planning to double its stockpile of more than 200 nuclear weapons in the next decade it says beijing wants to maintain the weapons on the highest state of alert meaning that they could be deployed a short notice cyprus will soon be allowed to buy non-lethal equipment after the us live today 33 year old arms embargo turkey has expressed anger it's at odds with greece over oil drilling in the mediterranean. because the committee rouge executioner who killed thousands of cambodians in the 1970 s. has died he was 77 and could be serving a life sentence as 2010 for atrocities against cambodians more news in half an hour with me on al-jazeera to stay with us. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. bringing you the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. viewfinder fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the globe . you know when i go away. i don't know. what else i love. that i'm going to let me go but it does look to be. a long. long. wait that long that i wonder if. it was

and the department of defense. how much different would his trajectory have been if scott, his loved ones and his care team knew exactly which mental health conditions he had at the beginning of his treatment. instead, he flailed for years with treatments that were not targeted towards one of his key conditions. i believe that section 305 of this legislation will help more veterans receive the right care at the right time, helping to insure that the hidden wounds of war will not take them away from their life. it will be a powerful and appropriate legacy to a dear friend who served this country honorably. thank you again for the opportunity to testify in front of this committee. your attention means a lot to this issue, means a lot to me, the a hannon family and the nami organization. we look forward to working with you to save the lives of america's injured heroes, and i look forward to questions. thank you. >> well, i want to thank everybody. senator sullivan, i'm stepping in for chairman moran as he is voting rig

in our eyes, if the department of defense mission is described with a bumper sticker, we fight and win america's wars. dhs's is that we lead the defense of the nation against nonmilitary threats. that's what we think the top priorities are for the dhs mission. let me turn it over to caitlin to talk about public-private partnerships and the dhs relationship with the private sector. >> thank you very much, and i would like to echo my thanks to the atlantic council, to the former secretaries and officials who have been involved in this project. it has really been a very rewarding effort to be part of, and i'm pleased to have led the section on the public-private partnerships and how we think about those partnerships moving forward, in light of the threats that tom has described. protecting american democracy and building a resilient homeland is a shared endeavor that involves many stakeholders, not just the department homeland security. while it is the lead federal partner in the homeland security mission, there are others who are on the front lines. state, local,our tribal, and territori

he says the office works with states and federal agencies, the fbi, the department of homeland security, the department of defense and the secretary of state's office. the registrars office has two completely separate computer systems used for voter registration. it was this type of system the group vulnerable in the 2016 election. the second system is used to verify and tabulate ballots and it's proven more difficult to hack. >> the good news is that we are one step ahead of the game. i need to let everyone know, particularly our voters and the public that we have invested, both as a county, state and the nation, heavily in our cyber defenses. >> the first voting centers will open in the first ballots mailed out on october 5, 29 days before the election. >> for more reporting like this and to make sure your registration is up-to-date we invite you to visit our vote smart page on kpix.com. >>> now a check on other top stories at 5:30. another day of unhealthy air across the bay area. this is what it is like in the east bay this afternoon. you can even see across the bay, and in many places ash was falling from th

. >> united states government microsoft worked for the department of defense we don't own microsoft wetured like independent but you no company in china is independent none they are all under control of of government if you are one of the companies technology company you are now, providing like huawei, service for broadband service 5g so forth they have to be strategically okay located near american you installations or make cameras installed in military facilities opportunities for backdoors china just uses a backdoor get into camera internet 5g network, have a real-time presence in our country near military bases here our basesaround the world, through companies they control and have to do whatsoever chinese government military tell them to do so it is a very dangerous situation, it is important. maria: which is why you have been aiming to stop of or limit amount of investment into the chinese military, from the united states. you know in terms of stopping investments into china that is what president tried to do with stopping the thrift fund for investing in chinese companies that a

they must also address individual agencies such as the department of defense and energy which hasme significant efforts. additionally the required investment in whole of government change in the legislation in force requires more for an analysis to understand and account for all equities. they agreed the modernization and look forward to the price tag of the proposed legislation. responsible for all processes of the government. they believe such approach takes it well beyond the role. they delegated the authority to classify as other agencies with executive order. the declassification applies to intelligence located throughout the federal government. it generally doesn't extend beyond. the government liabl governmente declassification does not only resource intensive but suppose all information is treated the same they do not have the or expertise to held by the entire federal government. as such protecting its methods andro activities. this role for the odni complex contrary to the smaller integration body rather than a organization.onal the enormous and effort to endem the likelihood of succe

and department of defense and with that trajectory they knew exactly which mental healthew conditions at the beginning of the treatment and what to respond to and those treatments are not targeted. i believe section three oh five of theeg legislation to for them to receive the right care at the right time to ensure those wounds of war will not take your life and those who love them to be appropriate legacy thank you again for the opportunity toyo testify your attention means a lot to me and to save the lives and i look forward to your questions. >> chairman moran is voting right now and then to convene the hearing was suicide prevention week and then national suicide month of september we have more veterans per capita merck per capita and then we have very high suicide, rates among our veterans and it has been a priority of mine in theo senate to advance legislation to bring greater awareness to the devastation that they false way to as a marine i have seen it unfortunately up close and personal for some of my units and one of the first bills i focused on as a new senator was the suic

millions of dollars per year as i found out the department of defensetractors in every state and every congressional district i'm sure that's not by accident so you have a built-in constituency public in a democrat for defense of those programs we don't have that support on the civilian side and foreign civilians has long been one of the most unpopular government programs there is. takes leadership to help educate the american people have actively little they cost and appoint i make in the book is in terms of gdp the united states ranks 21st in the world with how much we offered foreign assistance. furthermore we don't tell anybody about it and that is another problem of that capability but it is the lack of the constituency including the president that for example the agency for international development doesn't do a very good job to select projects and seeing them to completion and accountability. >>host: you talk about in the book exercise of power the president can conduct the orchestra by having all the pieces you talk about come together but unfor

department of defense reports as china is planning to double its stockpile of more than 200 nuclear weapons in the next decade it says beijing wants to maintain the weapons on a higher state of alert meaning they could be deployed a short notice comment during the c'mere is execution and kill thousands of cambodians in the 1970 s. has died at the age of $77.00 could been serving a life sentence since 2010 for atrocities committed does the head of the 2 old slang prison the tribunals that convicted him has not given the cause of death but he had been ill for several years. cyprus will soon be allowed to buy non-lethal equipment after the us of today 33 year old arms and turkey has expressed anger it is adults with greece a voile drilling in the mediterranean and french president manuel mccraw is i think lebanese politicians with sanctions or a block on financial aid if reforms are made fast enough the widespread anger against politicians since last month's explosion those were the headlines more news in half an hour to stay with us. we bought the house about 2 years ago hoping that we would

this is why the department of defense has taken decisive action to safeguard the brave uniform andn in safeguard international rules and norms when it comes to issues like freedom of commerce and navigation. we stand ready to respond to future aggression and we remain committed to doing our part in the administration's maximum pressure campaign. today's executive order will further disrupt efforts to proliferate conventional weapons, helping to protect u.s. forces, allies and partners, and civilian populations until iran complies with international norms. we encourage them to cease these malign activities and act like a normal country. but we are also prepared to respond to iranian aggression. the commanders have the authorities and resources they need to protect troops and prepare for any contingencies and we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with allies and partners to counter the destabilizing behavior. in doing so, we will protect our people, our interests, and maintain the security of like-minded nations. thank you. >> good morning. i'm grateful for the president's commitment

and several other members after president trump retaliated against inspectors general at the department of defense, the department of transportation, state department and other agencies. this package also increases protections for whistle-blowers who expose waste, fraud and abuse. the trump administration has gained -- engaged in a sustained assault on whistle-blowers. federal workers have been harassed, fired, embarrassed, demoted. i introduced the whistle-blower protection and improvement act along with oversight subcommittee chair jerry connolly to give whistle-blowers the opportunity to challenge retaliation in court and prohibit disclosing a whistle-blower's identity. whistle-blowers helped our committee expose abuses in the white house security clearance process. the administration's nuclear deal with saudi arabia and investigations into ethics abuses and mismanagement at the postal service and the census department by administration officials. this package of reforms also closes loopholes that president trump has exploited by installing unqualified people as acting agency heads and inspecto

supplied them with the weapons they had just lost in the war and the liberty inquiry run by the department of defense the d.o.d. was watered down. all its influence by what have we benefited from from the capture of this aide to missile sites soon johnson did respond and took a much more lenient lie and wish that the whole incident could be put behind as soon as possible johnson softer approach to israel was immediately reflected in the american navy inquiry which was now underway on board the liberty we began to realize that a cover up was was this was descending upon us a lot of people that were in a key position to offer testimony were not given an opportunity i testified to the machine gunning of life raf's to the captain state of mind and it was that those 2 issues in particular totally admitted lloyd painter was not the only officer to have his testimony ignored i saw what looked like unburned vaseline and i scraped a little bit of it off and put it in the jar and sealed the cap on and i presented to the court of inquiry and that's the last i saw that jar there was no mention of napalm and i'm

johnson the due to the nature and sensitivity of these awards they should be given by the department of defense not by him the advice was clear no press release regarding them should be made when i received my purple heart and a secret ceremony in the captain's office i was admonished threat of court martial don't ever tell anyone where you got this don't ever tell anyone how you got this medal. the following year american aid to israel increased fourfold and president johnson agreed a treaty classified above top secret with israel for the mutual exchange of intelligence and arrangement which is still in place today code named stone ruby. 2 1 of the things that bothers me is. there wasn't a nice explanation of what went on no one wants to talk about the why. the big secret the israelis wants to protect was their next move they had told the americans that this was to be a limited pool and not a land grab but on june 8th 1967 the forces were poised to attack and seize the golan heights and invade syria something they wish to keep from the white house until they've done it. successive american adm

spent $3.7 billion, $2.1 of which wasn department of defense spending. overall the u.s. s spent $1.06 , trillion since 2003 in the region. u.s. casualties are 32,000 wounded. estimated 182,000 civilian casualties. help us understand those numbers in context of where it is today. pamela: that is a whole other story. iraq is a much wealthier country. it's an oil exporter. it had a much larger middle-class than afghanistan and proportionally pakistan. it's a more sophisticated country. but yet still it is divided , violently between the major to wo religious sects and the war against saddam hussein unleashed these forces and it was a very bloody conflict. it's going way back to u.s. policy and the decision to invade, which is past history and it is what happened. i guess today, i would say that there are still terrible problems there, partly because of the neighborhood what is happening , in syria and around them. iraq is making a comeback. it is coming back to its old self in terms of culture and society. i remember when the bookstores, they all got bombed and shut down and